Key Details of PhotoScape

  • Provides a full suite of tools for editing and enhancing photos
  • Offers a range of filters and effects, including batch editing
  • Allows for cropping with straight or circular borders
  • Offers an effects preview to ensure satisfaction before applying changes
  • Allows for the creation of animated GIFs with customized transition effects
  • Free to use

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PhotoScape 0/5

Editors' Review

Download.com staff

PhotoScape is a helpful photo editing tool that provides a full suite of features for editing and enhancing your photos. With PhotoScape, you can crop your photos with straight or circular borders, apply multiple filters, and even edit your photos in batches to save time. Additionally, you can string them together into animated GIFs with customized transition effects.

One of the standout features of PhotoScape is its effects preview. This allows you to preview each change before you make it, ensuring that you're satisfied with the effects you choose for each photo. Furthermore, each effect is adjustable, so you can make all of the adjustments you want on a sliding scale in the preview window before finalizing the changes on the photo.

While PhotoScape delivers on all its promised features and works smoothly, it does have a somewhat redundant interface. The home screen features icons for various tools arranged in a circle on one side, with links to tutorials and other special pages on the other. However, most of the tools found on the home screen can also be accessed through the tabs at the top of the interface. This doesn't prevent you from accessing all of the features you want, but it can be a bit confusing at first and is redundant at the very least.

Despite this minor drawback, PhotoScape is a convenient and versatile photo editing program that is well worth trying out. It delivers on all its promised features, works smoothly, and best of all, it's free. So, if you're looking for a new photo app, PhotoScape is a good one to take for a test drive.

In addition to its already impressive list of features, PhotoScape also offers a range of advanced tools that can help you take your photo editing to the next level. For example, you can use the program's "clone" tool to remove unwanted objects or blemishes from your photos, or its "blur" tool to create a sense of depth or focus in your images. You can also adjust the color balance, contrast, and saturation of your photos to give them a unique look and feel.

Another great feature of PhotoScape is its ability to create animated GIFs. With just a few clicks, you can turn your favorite photos into animated GIFs that are sure to impress your friends and family. You can even customize the transition effects between images to create a truly unique and personalized animation.

PhotoScape provides a full suite of tools that you can use for editing and enhancing your photos to create the perfect memories. Then, put them together into a slideshow to enjoy with friends.

Pros

Tons of features: No matter what photo editing program you're used to, you'll find the tools you're looking for in this app. Crop your photos with straight or circular borders, apply multiple filters, and even edit your photos in batches to save time. And when you're ready, you can string them together into animated GIFs with customized transition effects.

Effects preview: To ensure that you're satisfied with the effects you choose for each photo, this program lets you preview each change before you make it. And because each effect, itself, is adjustable, you can make all of the adjustments you want on a sliding scale in the preview window before you finalize the changes on the photo, itself.

Cons

Redundant interface: The home screen for PhotoScape features icons for various tools arranged in a circle on one side, with links to tutorials and other special pages on the other. But most of the tools found on the home screen can also be accessed through the tabs at the top of the interface. While this doesn't prevent you from accessing all of the features you want, it can be a bit confusing at first, and is redundant at the very least.

Bottom Line

PhotoScape is a convenient and versatile photo editing program. It delivers on all promised features, works smoothly, and costs nothing. So if you're looking for a new photo app, this is a good one to take for a test drive.

Bottom Line

Overall, PhotoScape is a powerful and versatile photo editing program that is well worth checking out. With its wide range of features, user-friendly interface, and free price tag, it's an excellent choice for anyone looking to enhance and improve their photos.

What's new in version 3.7

  • Added 'Black & White' and 'Bandicoot' filters (Editor / Home)
  • Added a 'Smart Blur' brush (Editor / Tools / Effect Brush)
  • Brush sizes increase from 3 to 4 and become bigger.
  • Added 29 more film effects so totally 35 film effects now. (Editor / Home)
  • Improve the 'Film Effect' UI
  • Improved Editor, Page, Combine and AniGif UI
  • Fixed minor bugs


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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
3.7
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 8
  • Windows NT
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Vista
Additional Requirements
None
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
66,256,676
Downloads Last Week
5,365

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Developer's Description

View, edit, print, or add frames to your photos.

PhotoScape is an all-in-one style photo editor. Major capabilities are: viewer, editor, batch editor, page, combine, animated GIF, print, splitter, screen capture, color picker, rename, raw converter, resizing, brightness, color, or white-balance adjustment, backlight correction, frames, balloons, text, drawing pictures, cropping, filters, red eye removal and blooming.